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calm Dystawiad n a silencing
Dysgwyl, v. to expect Dysgwylgar, a. watchful Dysgwyliad, n. expectation Dysgybl, n. a disciple Dysgyblaeth, n. discipline Dysgymon, n. combustible Dysgyr, n. a scream Dysgyrio, v. to scream, a cry Dysgyrnu, v. to grin, to snarl Dysgywen, a. splendid, bright Dyslyncu, v. to gulp up Dysmythu, v. to vanish Dyspaddu, v. to castrate, to geld Dyspeidio, v. to desist Dyspeilio, v. to unsheath Dyspeinio, v. to divest of Dyspenu, v. to determine Dyspleidio, v. to take part Dyspleinio, v. to radiate Dysporthi, v. to support Dyspwyll, n. discretion Dyspwyllo, v. to reason Dyspwyo, v. to verberate Dyspyddu, v. to drain; to bale Dystain, n. one who lays things in order Dystaw, a. silent calm Dystawiad, n. a silencing Dystewi, v. to silence Dystraw, n. a sneeze Dystreulio, v. to rinse Dystrewi, v. to sneeze Dystrewiad, n. a sneezing Dyströi, v. to whirl Dystrych, n. spume, froth Dystrychu, v. to spume Dystryw, n. destruction Dystrywiad, n. a destroying Dystrywio, v. to destroy Dystrywiwr, n. a destroyer Dysuddo, v. to sink Dysychu, to dry Dysylu, v. to make compact Dysyllu, v. to gaze, to stare Dyt, inter.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

could disperse nor a sand
His idea was still with me, because it was not a vapour sunshine could disperse, nor a sand-traced effigy storms could wash away; it was a name graven on a tablet, fated to last as long as the marble it inscribed.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Charity did not absolutely specify
The deed of the Charity did not absolutely specify “childless widows.”
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

controversy does not appertain so
And then it should be borne in mind, that our controversy does not appertain so much to the character as to the origin of the Christian religion.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

c6 do next after s
v 1 [A23; c6] do next after s.o. does it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

cures did not appear so
His cures did not appear so miraculous, when he went out on foot to perform them, as they had seemed when “his Excellency” had driven to a poor man’s door in his carriage with six horses.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

certainly does not and should
Whatever PsyWar does, it certainly does not and should not increase the bitterness of war.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

contempt Dirmygiad n a slighting
denoting vehemence or excess Diradd, a. without rank Diragfarn, a. without prejudice Diragfwriad, a. improvident; without predetermination Diragfyfyr, a. unpremedited Diragofal, a. improvident Diragor, a. without excellence Diragrith, a. without hypocrisy Diragwel, a. without foresight Diraid, a. unnecessary, useless Diran, a. without division Dirboen, n. extreme pain Dirboeni, v. to excruciate Dirchwant, n. ardent desire Dirchwant, profuse perspiration Dirdan, a. extremely distended Dirdra, n. an outrage Dirdynu, v. to pull extremely Dirddwys, extremely condensed Direb, n. a trite saying Direidi, n. mischievousness Direswm, a. irrational Dirfaint, n. extreme bulk Dirfarn, n. a harsh sentence Dirfawr, a. extremely large Dirfod, v. to be of necessity Dirganfod, v. to look earnestly Dirgariad, n. extreme love Dirgel, n. a secret place: a. secret, occult Dirgeledig, a. secreted, hidden Dirgeledigaeth, n. a mystery Dirgeledd, n. secrecy Dirgelfa, n. a secret place Dirgelgynghor, n. privy-council Dirgeli, n. secrecy, privacy Dirgeliad, n. a secreting Dirgelu, v. to secrete Dirgelwch, n. a secrecy Dirglwyf, n. extreme aching Dirglymu, v. to tie tightly Dirgrynu, v. to convulse Dirgwyn, n. extreme complaint Diriad, n. iteration; impulse Diraiad, a. mischievous Diried, a. unlucky; mischievous Diriedo, v. to become unlucky Dirinwedd, a. without virtue Dirio, v. to iterate; to urge Diriol, a. iterating; urgent Dirlais, n. an emphasis Dirmyg, n. irony; contempt Dirmygiad, n. a slighting Dirmygol, a. contemptuous Dirmygu, v. to contemn Dirmygus, a. contemptuous Dirnad, surmise, discernment; v. to surmise; to discern Dirnadiad, n. supposition Dirni, n. extremity, vivacity Dirnwyf, n. extreme vivacity Dirodres, a. without pomp Diroddef, v. to suffer greatly Dironi, v. to shed grain Dirperiad, n. a meriting Dirperu, v. to deserve Dirprwy, n. a supply Dirprwyad, n. a supplying Dirprwo, v. to supply Dirprwywr, n. one who supplies; an agent; an attorney Dirus, a. without starting Dirwaedd, n. an outcry Dirwaenu, v. to dissever Dirwan, a. extremely weak Dirwarthu, v. to cover Dirwasg, v. to press extremely Dirwen, n. a broad smile Dirwenu, v. to smile, to laugh Dirwest, n. abstinence, fast Dirwestfa, n. a fasting, a fast Dirwestu, v. to abstain, to fast Dirwgnach, a. without grumbling or murmuring Dirwy, n. penalty, a fine Dirwyad, n. a fining Dirwym, a. without restriction Dirwyn, n. violent passion Dirwyo, v. to fine Dirwyol, a. finable, penal Dirwystr, a. unobstructed Dirybudd, a. having no notice Diryfedd, a. not marvellous Diryfyg, a. unpresumptuous Dirym, a. without power; feeble Diryw, a. debased, degenerate Dis, a prefix synon.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

cavalry did not advance straight
On this occasion the enemy's cavalry did not advance straight against the Romans, but deviating to the right they attempted to draw the Romans little by little in that direction, with the view of attacking them when they had got them between themselves and their infantry, which was on the left.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4) by Plutarch

called Deptford Nan and sometimes
[106] Frequently called Deptford Nan, and sometimes dignified with a title—Duchess of Deptford!
— from Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 2 (of 3) by John Ireland

Calgary does not as some
Since we have been at Calgary the mountains have sulked in clouds and mist, and Calgary does not, as some people would have you believe, lie under the Rockies, but fifty miles away.
— from Newfoundland to Cochin China By the Golden Wave, New Nippon, and the Forbidden City by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent

could do nothing and so
But he could do nothing, and so stood silent, dumbly presenting his tray to the people near him.
— from Cinderella, and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis

could discover not a shadow
So far as Matt could discover, not a shadow of guilt crossed Ah Sin's face.
— from Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under The Amazon by Stanley R. Matthews

Countess Dotzky née Althaus should
And I regard it as a very important event for our family that you, Countess Dotzky, née Althaus, should trifle with your reputation in this way.”
— from Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling by Bertha von Suttner

Charly did not appear satisfied
Charly did not appear satisfied, and it seemed to Wyllard that Overweg was also listening, but there was deep stillness outside now, and he dismissed the matter from his mind.
— from Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Harold Bindloss

country does not absolutely stand
For if the country does not absolutely stand in need of new trunk-lines to-day there still is a vast and unanswered demand for feeder branches in many, many corners of it, for duplication of tracks upon existing and badly overcrowded single-track and double-track lines.
— from Our Railroads To-Morrow by Edward Hungerford

could do nothing against such
One man could do nothing against such numbers.
— from Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Ignatius Donnelly


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